Alexander Gauk / Moscow Radio - Shostakovich. Symphony 6 - MK/Artia 1959

Dmitri Shostakovich:  Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.54
I:  Largo  ~  II:  Allegro  ~  III:  Presto    (the last 2 mvts are the best..)

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Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Alexander Gauk

ARTIA  ALP-167  (MELODIYA D 4984-5 -10")   1961 US LP.  US mastered: 20 October 1960.    (slightly enhanced treble/'1.3' declick)

Contibutor requested...    CD-RW transfer     NOT ON CD      an MK sleeve / EMG review >>>

Dmitri Shostakovich plays... Shostakovich. Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (French National / Cluytens) & 3 Fantastic Dances - EMI 1958

Dmitri Shostakovich:
Piano Concerto no.1 in C major for Piano, Trumpet & Strings, op.35  
Piano Concerto no.2 in F major, op.102    
Three Fantastic Dances, op.5    
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Dmitri Shostakovich, piano - Ludovic Vaillant, trumpet - French National Radio Orchestra  conducted by  Andre Cluytens      
EMI/World Records  SH 293   1979 LP (first UK release)  Matrices: XLX 779 -2 / XLX 778 -2.
Recorded: 24-26/30 May / 12 September 1958 - Salle Wagram, Paris  (mono only)
Transfer level is slightly lower than normal (although the recorder peaked @ 0dB) - and the LP sound wasn't exactly 'master-tape'; also with some tape compression/modulation..     Sleeve-note / 1962 EMG review >>>

Natan Rakhlin / USSR SO - Shostakovich. Symphony 11 - CCCP 1957

Dmitri Shostakovich:  Symphony no.11 in G minor, op.103. "1905"  
D-04234   -mvt.1   The Palace Square    /       D-04235   -mvt.2   The 9th of January      
D-02436   -mvt.3   In Memoriam        /        D-04237   -mvt.4   The Tocsin              
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USSR State Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Natan Rakhlin 
As premiered on 30 October 1957 (recorded shortly afterwards?).   The original 1958 CCCP  pressings.  
Not on CD    Re-edited  July 2012   Slightly 'noise-reduced' due to the 'pressing-quality'. (Ortofon 'Model C' / Leak Varislope Stereo)
YouTube - last few seconds of the premiere